the daydream fund challenge thread

Lotus-eater

Davesnave wrote: »

Someone has promised me a ride-on mower; not a wonderful one, but at least I'll be able to see if it saves us time.

Grass or petrol fed?



I'm in a silly mood tonight

lostinrates

choille wrote: »

Fancied some Ball & Farrow but didn't have the colour I liked in Exterior grade. Diddn't know getting or rather not getting a tin of paint could prove so damnably difficult - Grrrrrrrrrrrr..

which colour? is this via the postal service they can't provide it?

edit: would dulux colour analyse it and send from elsewhere?

Its crazy, the colour /paint thing. Big decision about structure one has to make between the bang of a hammer it seems to me, yet the colour agony rumbles on and on and on....I think its because its less important, its a way f trivialising the stress

Davesnave

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Grass or petrol fed?
I'm in a silly mood tonight

Petrol. The other kind are very welcome too, so long as they belong to someone else and pay their dues in firewood.

Anyway, it's been delayed. The owner hadn't opened the garage door in front of it for two years, and when he did, it fell off. That wouldn't have been such a problem, were not other dangerous items being stored in there. So, emergency call to me for a length of 4"x2" and much DIY later, the door's back on, but the mower hasn't moved.

Idiots in the barn conversions have succeeded in training the jackdaws to tear open the bin bags in search of food, so now we have rubbish strewn down the road every Monday am. :mad: I don't see an easy solution....only murder. I think I know how to bump them off, but it's a bit unfair on the birds.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Hi All,

was home alte last night after doing the smallholders show in builth... totally pooped now..:rotfl:

We had a great weekend, alot of the seasoned eco traders were moaning, their sales were down, due to the new location of the Green Horizons, but we had a great weekend.. def going back next year.. looking for more fairs etc to do now...

so if you think of anywhere, that we might fit in, and do well, would love to know. We were selling, crafting/repair grade welsh blankets, material by the kg, wool ( 2 balls for a £1), buttons, cotton, etc 10p each some crafted things, old craft books etc...
Alfie... if you pm me your addy i am making more make up bags this afternoon, so i can pop 3 in the post to you tomorrow morning... sorry but i dont think i will have time to do make-up rolls and pot holders at the mo, but will have a go in a week or two, and see how they look...

going to clean the caravan out now...:eek::rotfl:so will catch up on all the posts later..

If anyone wants a look at a pic of our stall, pm me, dont want to post it here, as it has signs with our business name on....

ukmaggie45

Hi CTC,

Might this Vintage and Handmade Fair be suitable for you? It seems to be near Bath, so not sure if that's too far to travel?

Edit: nearest station is in Bristol, so I got the Bath bit wrong! Oh well, they both begin with B and are down South. Can you tell I'm useless at geography?

Davesnave

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

Hi CTC,

Might this Vintage and Handmade Fair be suitable for you? It seems to be near Bath, so not sure if that's too far to travel?

Edit: nearest station is in Bristol, so I got the Bath bit wrong! Oh well, they both begin with B and are down South. Can you tell I'm useless at geography?

Looks good, and a very nice web site too.

Chipping Sodbury is in South Gloucestershire, so definitely not part of Bath, (Somerset) though close. There's a good deal of money in the immediate area, plus the Cotswolds, and also to the south-east in Wilts, hence many fairs in this region, including Plant Fairs. Gosh, do I miss those!

Useful amounts of rain falling here.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

thanks maggie, i contacted them last year, but htey havent got back to me, maybe its worth chasing that one up..

alfie_1

hiya
NO RAIN HERE !!! b*ms !!:( really need it. i have planted some more perrenials for the old lady i "do " for every couple of weeks. she cant get out much so likes to look out at her small garden. im trying to kit it out with things that dont need excesive watering and dont need a lot of maintenance....which has proved a task !! but shes happy....:)

glad CTC ,you did well at your show, people like NEW stuff to see. we have the big new forest show in july and i get fed up of seeing "same old,same old" in the craft tents every year !! if you ever want to go to a show down these parts ,i can always put up...sorry put YOU up for the duration.....:D
im off to pick up a friend from the train station in a mo, shes coming for the night so we can go over some legal stuff for an appeal tomorow.[financial] im going with her tomorow as she just becomes a bag of nerves and they just walk all over her. last chance to get it sorted tomorow so i will have to dig out my best "bib and tucker" !!:)

iv just payed for a horse trek for BF as a surprise for his birthday !!:D well he said hes never ridden a horse .......:rotfl: maybe i will find out why !!!!:rotfl::rotfl: id rather he went on a fully insured excursion than a slap on the !!!! across the forest by me excursion !!:D

just booked IOW ferry...going late at night is half price and i dont care as we have accomodation so not like got to find somewhere and that gives us 2 full days there...want to see osbourne house 1st.

right im off...sees u later

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I can't edit the post above to add text. Even my hose is messy here! The capanula has done well to stand in the wind, even with those visable stakes. I've staked everything today, and restaked it. I have a very tattered snapdragon, an iris, and two odd coloured roses in a vase: winddamage. Everything else seems to have coped ok.